UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK is in an “incomparably better” position than this time last year due to the British public’s “heroic” response to the mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign. In a New Year video message posted on Twitter, Johnson said: “Whatever the challenges that fate continues to throw in our way and whatever the anxieties we may have about the weeks and months ahead, particularly about Omicron and the growing numbers in hospitals, we can say one thing with certainty: our position this Dec. 31 is incomparably better than last year.” He said the UK has been able to “maintain the most open economy and society of any major European economy” because the British people have “responded heroically, voluntarily, and in almost incredible numbers to the call to get vaccinated.” Johnson said his government has met the target and has “doubled the speed of the booster …
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